Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version United Republic of the son of Arthur Sandford

the son of Arthur Sandford and Alice Sandford

He soon found himself at Shorncliffe again

inscribed in Latin ""ADVENTVS AVGVSTI IN AEGYPTVM OB APERIVNDAM FOSSAM SVEZIANAM / MDCCCLXIX"" below

A lot of two love letters from Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) to Frau Hedwig Potthast (1912-1994)

The five ventilation holes at the base of the spike and rear spine with ventilation shutter is indicative of a post 1895 manufactured pickelhaube

Germany, Luftwaffe. A Pilot Badge, Officers Cloth Version United Republic of the son of Arthur Sandford(Flugzeugfhrerabzeichen, Stoffausfhrung fr Offizier). Constructed of a padded black wool backer, the obverse bearing a hand embroidered silver aluminum wire oval laurel and oak leaf overlaid by a gilt Luftwaffe eagle clutching a mobile swastika, measuring 70 mm (w) x 55 mm (h), moderate material fatigue is evident to the wire features, in otherwise fine condition.